Locking whip-socket.



0. W, MAYHUGH. LOCKING WHIP SOUKET. APPLICATION FILED 9912.13, 1908.

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GLYDE W. MAYHUGII, OF ATGHISON, KANSAS.

LOCKING W'HIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led February 13, 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

serial No. 415,794.

T o all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE W. MAYHUGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atchison, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Locking Whip-Socket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel details of construction for a whip-socket, which may be used for holding the butt end of a whip stock, permitting the whip to be removed for use, and by a quick adjustment of a single part, lock the whip stock in the socket, and prevent its removal until the locking mechanism is released by use of a suitable key.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the improvement mounted upon a vehicle dashboard shown partially; Fig. 2 is an axial sectional view, taken substantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 4, showing` the parts adjusted for use as a whip-socket; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the device taken in the same plane as Fig. 2, but showing the parts adjusted for holding a whip stock in the socket until released by a key; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improvement, taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a top view of the improved whip holder.

The case or shell 10 of the whip socket is cylindrical, and of an equal diameter throughout its length, the shell being proportioned to receive and support interior details in proper relative positions.

In the lower portion of the shell 10 a solid lling block 11, is closely fitted and removably secured by any preferred means, and as shown in Fig. 4 a quarter section of the lling block is removed from the upper portion thereof, the purpose of which will be hereinafter fully set forth. The filling block 11 is less than one-third the length of the shell 10, and in the upper portion of said shell a cylindrical throat sleeve 12 is closely fitted, having about equal length with said filling block. Upon the lower end of the throat sleeve 12, a circumferential bead or collar 12a is formed, that seats upon the upper end of the shell 10 and forms a finish therefor.

From the upper end of the throat sleeve 12 a central bore is formed therein, which extends a suitable depth, and from the lower end of said throat passage a, the bore of the sleeve flares outward and downward, thus producing a coniform wall in the lower portion of the sleeve, as shown at a in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. In the iilling block 11, near the shell 10 and parallel therewith, a longitudinal perforation is formed, and in a plane at a right angle to the plane of the perforation Z), a longitudinal perforation 0 is produced in the throat sleeve 12 near the shell 10, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. A slide rod that is formed with two vertical members 13, 13a, joined together by two laterally bent members, 13b, 13, and an intermediate member 13'1, is adapted for slidable adjustment in the shell 10, by the loose insertion of its members 13, 13L respectively in the perforations b and c.

It will be seen that the member 13b, which is bent horizontally and at a right angle at one end from the upper end of the slide rod member 13, the upright member 13d that is bent at a right angle from the other end of the horizontal member 13b and the upper horizontal member 13, are all located in the shell 10 between the filling block 11 and throat sleeve 12. It will also be noted that the length of the upright, intermediate member 13d of the slide rod, and that is dis-o posed near the inner surface of the shell 10, is such that the offset portion of the slide rod may be reciprocated a proper distance between the throat sleeve 12, and the lling block 11.

Two similar clamping limbs 14, 14a are integrally connected at their lower ends by a spacing bar 14h, that is seated upon and secured to the horizont-al member 13b of the slide rod, and the limbs are thence upwardly extended of an equal length, each limb having the upper portion thereof bent to form corrugations cl thereon, which latter are disposed oppositely on the limbs. On the outer side of the limb 14a a series of ratchet teeth e is formed, that are adapted for engagement with the toe on a pawl bar 15, that is pivoted on the flat vertical surface formed by cutting away the quarter section of the filling block 11, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. A detent spring 16 is secured at the lower end thereof upon the side of the filling block 1l, in a recess therein, and at its upper end presses vupon the pawl bar, thus holding the toe of said bar in engagement with the tooth e opposite which it may be located.

A suitable lock and key is provided for control of the pawl bar 15, said key 17, when inserted in the lock 18, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, having engagement at its inner end with the side of the pawl bar, so that by manipulation the key bit will rock the toe of the pawl bar away from the ratchet tooth with which it has been in locked engagement.

The lower end of the filling block 11 is preferably extended below the lower edge of the shell 10, and may be rendered coniform to Oive a finish thereto.

N ear tne upper and lower ends of the shell 10, circumferential ribs /z are formed thereon, which are disposed in pairs, each pair of ribs being spaced apart for reception of a clamping band 19 between them, said bands affording means for securing the whip socket complete in an upright position on a dash board A, the throat sleeve that is uppermost thereon being adapted for an insertion of a whip stock B thereinto.

The upper end of the member 13aL of the slide rod hereinbefore described, is preferably formed with a ring eye z', which may be grasped when it is necessary to change the position of said slide rod.

It will be noted in Fig. 2, that a depression of the slide rod, which will locate the ring eye z' near the collar 12a, will dispose the upper ends of the clamping limbs 14, 14a near the lower end of the throat sleeve 12. To permit such an adjustment of the limbs the key 17 must be inserted into the lock 18, and turned so as to press the pawl bar 15 away from the ratchet teeth e, and the key must be retained in this position until the slide rod is lowered.

The resilience of the clamping limbs 14, 14a adapts them for divergence, and when they are fully depressed the pawl bar toe will be engaged with an upper tooth e on the limb 14a. The whip socket in this condition may be used the same as an ordinary one. If, however, the occupant of the vehicle whereon the whip socket is secured, desires to temporarily lock t-he butt of the whip stock B in the socket, this can be instantly effected by pulling upon the ring eye e'. This lifting action will raise the members of the slide rod and cause the upper portions of the clamping limbs 14, 14a to press upon the whip stock, due to their enforced engagement with the coniform wall a of the throat sleeve 12, which. will compress them as shown in Fig. 3. To elevate the slide rod as described, it is not necessary lock with one of said teeth. Then the whip Y `tock will be firmly gripped by the corrugations Z on the limbs 14, 14, which will prevent a removal of t-he whip until a proper key is used for release of the same. v

i laving described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:- V

1. ln a whip socket, the combination with a. shell, a filling block in the lower end of the shell, and a throat sleeve in the upper end thereof, said sleeve having its inner surface beveled outwardly at the lower end thereof, of a rod slidable in the throat sleeve and in the filling block, and clamping limbs having outwardly diverging portions for en' gaging the beveled surface controlled by the movement of said slide rod for holding a whip in the socket and for its release.

2. ln a whip socket, the combination with a shell, a filling block in the lower end of the shell, and a throat sleeve in the upper end thereof, said sleeve having its inner surface beveled outwardly at the lower end thereof, of a rod slidable in the throat sleeve and in the filling block, and clamping means having outwardly diverging portions for engaging the beveled surface controlled by the slide rod, which clamp a whip in the holder when the rod is raised, and release said whip when the rod is lowered.

3. In a whip socket, the combination with a shell, a perforated filling block in the lower end of said shell, and a perforated throat sleeve in the upper portion thereof, said sleeve having its inner surface beveled outwardly at thelower end thereof, of an offset-bent rod slidable in the perforations of the sleeve and block, clamping limbs having outwardly diverging portions for engaging the beveled surfaces mounted on the offset portion of the slide rod, and means controlled by a key for locking the clamped limbs upon a whip stock when the rod and limbs are slid upward, and released when the rod is depressed.

4. The combination with a shell, a'perforated throat sleeve in the upper end of the shell, said sleeve having a coniform wall within its lower portion, and a perforated filling block in the lower portion of the shell, Y

foratecl throat sleeve in the upper portion of the shell, said sleeve having a coniform wall within its lower portion, a perforated filling block in the lower portion of the sleeve, and a slide rod, offset in the center and having straight encl members that are sliclable in the perforations in the block and sleeve, of a pair of clamping limbs spaced apart by a transverse member at their lower ends, said member being secured on a hori- Zontal member of the oiset portion of the slide rod7 the upper portions of the clamping limbs having corrugations thereon, one of said limbs having a plurality of ratchet teeth thereon, a pawl bar pivotecl by its lower endL on the filling block, and having a toe at the upper end thereof which engages between the ratchet teeth, a lock on the shell and lilling block, and a key therefor which will press the pawl toe away from the ratchet teeth.

Signed by me at Atchison, Kansas, this 10 clay of February, 1908.

GLYDE W. MAYHUGH.

lVitnesses:

PHURBY PLASTER, WV. E. NOBLE. 

